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cold hardy egyptian walking onions 2024

Topics: egyptian walking onion, walking onion, sambal matah, cold hardy, gardening, Canada
Item Size: 12.2M

Our cold hardy Egyptian Walking Onions are springing to life and exploding with new growth outside in the garden!

Sometimes also called "tree onions" these are an unusual perennial onion, Allium x proliferum (formerly classified as Allium cepa var. viviparum, bulbiferum or proliferum) is a cross between Allium cepa, the cultivated onion, and Allium fistulosum, the Welsh onion. It gets its common name from the way it “walks” across the garden. This is a low - no maintenance variety, and I never have to re-plant them as they replant themselves. I receive endless onions at any time of year and the bees like the nectar and pollen in the flowers. We are in zone 6 but I know people growing them further north with no issues.

I love to use the bulbs that these produce in my Sambal Matah recipe in the place of shallots. I shared the full recipe on Substack recently and I will re-share a link below here as well.

https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/sambal-matah?

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I will also share some additional pics of this species here so if you scroll through the pics you can see how they grow and can be harvested throughout the year (with little to no effort required)

Egyptian walking onion stalks (when sliced thinly the hollow stalks have a refreshing zing and can be added to salads, stir-fries or sandwiches. The 2 inch thick white bulbs at the base have lovely sweet oniony flavor reminiscent of late fall harvested (frost touched) leeks.

Addeddate: 2024-03-16 17:01:09
Identifier: walkingonions
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